Comparison

1 vs REFRAKT

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

1

Features
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Stop filtering your photos after the fact. Point your camera at the world and step into a different era in real time - a late-night VHS tape wobble, a glowing phosphor arcade screen, a nostalgic handheld summer. 1-Bit Wonder is a live retro camera. No waiting, no post-processing, no rendering screen. The effect lives inside your viewfinder at full frame rate. What you see is exactly what you capture. Swipe through 82 hand-tuned lenses across 9 creative families: โ€ข PIXEL - Step into 8-bit nostalgia. Dithered textures, retro handheld screens, classic game console colors, and risograph print styles. โ€ข VHS - Capture the warmth of analog. Tracking tears, retro tape bleed, and worn-out cassette wobbles. โ€ข CRT - Bring back the high-voltage glow of retro TV monitors, scanlines, and arcade screens. โ€ข CONSOLE - 1990s console and handheld rendering: low-poly 3D with warping textures, four-color handheld LCD screens, and DOS-era palettes. โ€ข GLITCH - Distort reality with pixel sorting, datamosh drift, and time-bending slit-scans. โ€ข GLOW - Drown your shots in dreamy light-trails, neon halos, and low-fi waveforms. โ€ข B&W - High-contrast halftone grids, newspaper print, engraving lines, and ink textures. โ€ข FILM - Six real film stocks: Super 8 grain, halation, expired-emulsion color shifts, and tungsten-balanced night film. โ€ข EXPO - The experimental room housing our strangest visual distortions. Shoot live, or open a photo or video you already have and run any lens over it. Snap high-quality HEIC stills or record lo-fi videos with full audio. Since every lens renders instantly, your shots are finished and ready to share the second you press the shutter. Perfect for socials, music videos, or everyday aesthetics. RUNS ENTIRELY ON YOUR DEVICE Every lens is rendered on your iPhone's GPU. No account, no upload, no cloud queue, and nothing to wait for. 1-Bit Wonder works in airplane mode. NOW IN 50 LANGUAGES The app and the App Store listing are fully localized. Step out of the clean, digital present. Grab 1-Bit Wonder and start shooting. --- UNLIMITED ACCESS SUBSCRIPTION โ€ข Unlock the complete library of all 82 lenses, every feature, and future updates. โ€ข Choose weekly or yearly (the yearly plan includes a 3-day free trial), or buy lifetime access once. โ€ข Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. โ€ข Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. โ€ข Manage or cancel your subscription any time in Settings inside the app, or in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.n1apps.com/1bitwonder/privacy-policy

About

REFRAKT

Features
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REFRAKT โ€” Creative Double-Exposure Photography Combine photographs, textures and overlays to create atmospheric, layered images. REFRAKT gives photographers and artists simple, hands-on control over colour, light and composition. Start with a Photo or Template Take a photo, import one from your gallery, or explore the included sample compositions. Choose from textures and photography-inspired overlays to develop your own look. Keep Your Image in Focus A clean, translucent interface keeps your photograph at the centre. Pinch, rotate and drag to position overlays, then explore blend modes and opacity. Shape Colour and Light Adjust saturation, contrast, temperature and tint with intuitive square compass controls. Double-tap to return to neutral. Fine-tune exposure and levels, and use a soft mask to control where the overlay appears. Save, Revisit and Share Save editable compositions to continue later, export finished images to your photos, or share your image and recipe. Explore double exposure. Find your own perspective with REFRAKT.

Screenshots

14 screens
REFRAKT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: REFRAKT at none against 1's 3. 1's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. 1 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. REFRAKT asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

1 ships an update every 2 weeks, REFRAKT monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
1 versus REFRAKT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter1REFRAKT
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks โ€” betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS17.016.4 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size64 MB97 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPiotr BoronSmudgy Studios

In-app purchases

3 purchases

1

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Weekly$7.997 Days
  • Pro Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$49.99
None

REFRAKT

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 1 free?
1 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is REFRAKT free?
REFRAKT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do 1 or REFRAKT have ads?
Neither 1 nor REFRAKT shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 1 or REFRAKT?
1 ships an update every 2 weeks, and REFRAKT monthly. Most recently, 1 was updated on October 24, 2026 and REFRAKT on November 1, 2026.

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